Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Empress and a Hook, 400–450, Byzantine, Copper alloy, filled with lead, brass hook, 9 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in., 12.5 lb. (24.2 × 11.5 × 7.1 cm, 5664g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Steelyard weights often took the shape of busts of Byzantine empresses. This unusually detailed image may depict an empress of the Theodosian dynasty, which ruled from 379 to 450. The weight—itself about five pounds, or seven Byzantine litrae—would have been used for heavier goods
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Steelyard Weight, Bust, Byzantine Empress, Hook, 400–450, Byzantine, Copper alloy, filled, lead, brass hook, 9 1/2, 4, 2 13/16, 12.5 lb, 24.2, 11.5, 7.1 cm, 5664g, Metalwork-Copper weights, shape, busts, empresses, unusually detailed, image, depict, empress, Theodosian dynasty, ruled, 379, 450, weight—itself, five pounds, seven Byzantine, litrae—, heavier goods
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